Running Contract for Manufacture & Supply of Pre Stressed Concrete line sleeper RDSO Drg no. RT-8746.

Special Eligibility Criteria

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   The tenderer (Concrete Sleeper Plant i.e CSP) must, fulfill all the following conditions to be eligible for placement of regular/developmental orders against this tender:1. Only Concrete Sleeper Plants (CSPs) certified by RDSO for undertaking production of PSC Main Line sleepers for IR will be considered eligible for placement of orders (regular or developmental as per status of RDSO approval/certification) against this tender. 2. Existing manufacturers quoting for supply from a new location after shifting their existing plant should have prior approval for supply from new location as per instructions of Railway Board vide letter No. 2004/Tk-II/22/11/5 dated 22.02.2006. Plants, which have already been permitted for shifting of location but have not shifted/started production from new location, even after lapse of one year or more from date of issue of permission letter, shall not be eligible to quote from old location. They will be eligible to quote from new location if they have already obtained the RDSO certification of Plant at new location, before the date of tender opening.3. Those plants will be considered "closed", which have not manufactured any type of sleepers (mainline, Turnout, special sleepers) for more than five years reckoning from the date of tender opening. Such plants will not be eligible for tender.4. Minimum Quoted quantity by a tenderer for a plant should not be less than 50% of RDSO certified rated production capacity for period of 2 years under consideration i.e minimum quantity to be quoted by a tenderer should not be less than or equal to = ( 2 X 0.5 X12 X monthly certified production capacity by RDSO). Offers quoting for less than aforementioned specified Minimum quoted quantity OR tendered quantity (whichever is lower) will be summarily rejected.

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   This Tender complies with Public Procurement Policy Order,2017(along with revisions/addendums/additions issued from time to time ) with respect to Make In India Policy. Only Class I local suppliers will be eligible for order placement and Bidders shall be required to indicate percentage of local content and provide self-certification that the item offered meets the local content requirement for Class-I local supplier

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Commercial-Compliance

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   Tenderers must mention the name and address of Concrete Sleeper Plant from where manufacture and supply of sleepers are to be done and also mention the name of loading station of NWR from where the sleepers will be loaded by the firm for the purpose of delivery : Works siding/Nearest loading BG station of NWR for CSPs under the control of NWR (ii) Any loading BG station (opened for commercial loading of PSC sleepers) of NWR for all other CSPs which are under control of other railways.

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   Tenderers are required to submit details of same/similar supplies of concrete PSC sleepers completed in last Five Years.

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   Please enter the percentage of local content in the material being offered. Please enter 0 for fully imported items, and 100 for fully indigenous items. The definition and calculation of local content shall be in accordance with the Make in India policy as incorporated in the tender conditions.

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   The bidder shall give self- certification for local content in the quoted item (goods/works/services) at the time of tendering. However, at the time of execution of the project, for all contracts above INR 10 Crores, the contractor/ supplier shall be required to give local content certification duly certified by cost/ chartered accountant in practice. The certificate should have valid UDIN mentioned in certificate. Such certificates shall be required to be submitted by the contractor along with their each online bill in IREPS. The supplier must include 'PO number & PO date', name of item, name of firm, local content percentage, and details of the location(s) at which the local value addition is made, in the certificate.In case the contractor/ supplier does not meet the stipulated local content requirement and the category of the supplier changes from Class-I to Class-II/ Non-local or from Class- II to Non-local, a penalty up to 10% of the contract value may be imposed. However, contract once awarded shall not be terminated on this account.

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General Instructions

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   1.Clarifications, if any, regarding specifications etc. may be obtained from Office of PCMM/HQ/NWR 2.A copy of relevant specifications and drawings can be obtained on payment by the tenderers from the Director General (Track), RDSO, Manak Nagar, Lucknow. The relevant drawings and specifications can be seen in the office of PCMM/HQ/NWR
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   The Standard Technical requirement STR for PSC sleepers 2025 shall be referred at" Schedule of Technical Requirement" document appended with this tender.
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   The Specification IRS T-39 6th revision March2021 for PSC Sleepers Specification shall be referred at" IRS Specifications for PSC" document appended with this tender.

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   Any financial elements indicated in the remarks column will not be taken for ranking/ evaluation and will be summarily ignored. Tenderers are therefore advised not to enter any financial element in the remarks column available in the Financial Rate page

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   The Tenderers are required to quote their rates in the space earmarked in the tender schedule. Any deviation in this regard will lead to summarily rejection of offer

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   Offers shall be as per terms and conditions given in the tender documents. However, deviations, if any, may be brought out in a separate "deviation form" provided with e-tender, detailing clause number of the tender document, stipulation as per the clause and deviation asked for, otherwise the tenderer shall be deemed to have accepted all provisions of the tender documents. The purchaser, however reserves the right to accept or reject these deviations and Purchaser's decision thereon shall be final. Tenders with any kind of technical deviation will be summarily rejected

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   Offers without Earnest Money shall be summarily rejected, if not under valid exemptions.

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   The validity of offer should be for a minimum of 180 days effective from the date of opening of tender. Offers with validity less than 180 days shall be summarily rejected.

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   Price Variation Clause: No deviation from the Price Variation Clause stipulated in the tender is permitted.

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   The bidders are instructed to quote ZERO freight charges since the tender is meant for FOR station delivery as already defined in NIT . In case freight element is quoted by any firm despite these instructions, Railway will not consider the freight for the purpose of inter-se ranking and offers will be financially evaluated purely on inter-se ranking ignoring the freight element.

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   Bidders to note that the consignee mentioned under heading item detail-"ANYWHERE IN AJMER/BIKANER/JAIPUR/JODHPUR DIVISION OF NWR" shall be read as -SSE/CSP concerned. The complete address and quantities to be delivered to each of the consignees and the bill passing/paying officers will be mentioned in the purchase/supply order.

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   The delivery terms specified as FOR destination shall be read as FOR station at WORKS SIDING/ NEAREST LOADING STATION which has been defined as following: The quoted rate would also include the cost of transportation of finished sleepers to loading station and loading into the wagons/road vehicles at the FOR station in accordance with the approved drawing including the cost of handling involved in the process. The Cost of wooden packing as per drawings will be borne by the contractor. FOR station shall be- (i) Works siding/Nearest loading BG station of NWR for CSPs under the control of NWR (ii) Any loading BG station (opened for commercial loading of PSC sleepers) of NWR for all other CSPs which are under control of other railways